Health workers started unlimited strike in Nigeria
One of the main unions of medical doctors in Nigeria began on June 15 an unlimited strike throughout the country as the country has just […]
COVID-19
Football is back in Tanzania
This is the first African country to revive its domestic league. Four games were played this weekend and are the first to be played in […]
The shadow of COVID-19 hovers over Burundi
The widow of Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza was released from a Nairobi hospital where she was being treated for an underlying condition after contacting Covid-19 […]
Pandemic “accelerating” on the continent, WHO says
The World Health Organization notes that while it took 98 days for Africa to pass the 100,000 mark, it took only 18 days to reach […]
Chad volunteers to test Malagasy treatment
Chad is interested in participating in the test phase of a Malagasy potential treatment against Covid-19, in the form of an injectable solution. The deputy […]
Burundi: Sudden death of outgoing President Pierre Nkurunziza
The government of Burundi announced Tuesday, June 9, in a statement, “the unexpected death” of President Pierre Nkurunziza, who was hospitalized since Saturday after a […]
First Vice-President of South Sudan cured of Covid-19
According to a statement by southern Sudanese authorities picked up by local media, First Vice President Riek Machar and his wife, Defense Minister Angelina Teny, […]
Tunisia lifts nationwide curfew as result of slowdown in covid-19 spread
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied Monday lifted nationwide curfew in place since mid-March as the country witnesses a slowdown in covid-19 contaminations. The office the president […]
COVID-19: First Flight of EU Humanitarian Air Bridge lands in Kinshasha
The first flight of the three operated by the EU Humanitarian Air Bridge to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), carrying on board humanitarian workers […]
African aviation will have lost more than 8 billion dollars with the pandemic
Since the beginning of the paralysis of air transport in the world because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Association of African Airlines (AFRAA) has twice […]